Garden City University Presents Presidential Charter To Asantehene

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II looking at the presidential charter and standing before him is Mr Albert Acquah, Founder of GCU

The Garden City University College located at Kenyasi in the Ashanti Region has presented its presidential charter to the overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace when management of the University paid a courtesy call in the Asantehene dung the first Awukudee of the year.

The university was one of the 14 universities that were granted a presidential charter by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in December 2024.

With the presidential charter, the university would from hence issue its certificate and would no longer seek the approval of their mentoring universities before mounting new programmes.

Appreciation

The founder of the GCU, Albert Acquah said the University owed its success to the support of the Asantehene and therefore said it was just appropriate that the management presented the charter to him as a way of saying “thank you for the support.”

He said Otumfuo was very instrumental in the growth of the university and in settling some of the land litigations that the university has been involved in.

Prospects

In an interview with the media, Mr Acquah said the acquisition of the presidential charter presented an opportunity for GCU to grow and mount more programmes that will develop the communities.

The university college, prior to acquiring its autonomous certificate, was affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

“There are some courses we identified but couldn’t run, and that has hindered our growth over the past years,” he said.

He said being independent was very crucial to the continuous growth of the university and also in meeting the needs of the country.

“We have ideas to offer certain programmes, like speech and communication disorders, a new programme to help our children,” he said.

The University

GCU was initially established as the College of Information Technology and Management Systems in 2001 and was converted into a university college affiliated to KNUST in 2004.

It has over the years carved a niche for itself in the training of health professionals in the Ashanti Region and in the country.

Some of the courses offered by GCU included Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Nursing and MPhil in Midwifery, Bachelor of Science in Dental Therapy, Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistantship Studies and Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery.

Aside from health programmes, GCU also runs business courses such as Accounting with Computing, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Marketing and Human Resource Management among others.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/ Michael Ofosu-Afriyie,  Kumasi.